AC9HS4K07 Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS4K07 | Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences: Civics and Citizenship

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor the differences between “rules” and “laws”, why laws are important and how they affect the lives of people

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Civics and Citizenship

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

• Elaboration distinguishing between “laws”, such as not speeding in school zones, and “rules”, such as practising sun safety in the school
• Elaboration exploring examples of laws and their purpose, recognising that laws apply to everyone in society and why they are important to students’ lives
• Elaboration investigating the impact of laws, such as environmental laws, native title laws and laws concerning sacred sites, on specific groups, including First Nations Australians
• Elaboration investigating the customary lore of First Nations Australians and how they relate to people and places; for example, the lore covers rules of living, skin groups, broad roles of men and women, economic affairs, marriage and other activities

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Achievement standard statements this supports

Achievement standardASHASHAS405Year 4 Humanities and Social SciencesThey describe the importance and role of local government, community members and laws, and the cultural and social factors that shape identity.See it on the standard page →

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